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Sectional committee: Zoology

Does not oppose to its publication, but is unable to recommend it.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1909].

Endorsed on verso as received 17 November 1908.

Reference number
RR/17/297
Earliest possible date
November 1908
Physical description
Standardised form (type A)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Francis Galton

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Francis Galton, Referee's report by Francis Galton, on a paper 'The proportion of the sexes produced by whites and 'coloured people' in Cuba' by Walter Heape, November 1908, RR/17/297, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_297/referees-report-by-francis-galton-on-a-paper-the-proportion-of-the-sexes-produced-by-whites-and-coloured-people-in-cuba-by-walter-heape, accessed on 06 September 2026

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